Tomio Aoki
Actor
Born October 7, 1923 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Tomio Aoki (October 7, 1923 in Yokohama, Japan – January 24, 2004 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) aka Tokkan Kozō was a Japanese film actor. Aoki became famous as a child actor after debuting at the age of six in silent films directed by Yasujirō Ozu. His leading role in Ozu's 1929 short comedy Tokkan kozo gave Aoki his nickname. I Was Born, But... (1932), Passing Fancy (1933) and An Inn in Tokyo (1935) were three other Ozu films in which Aoki had notable roles. Aoki disappeared from Japanese cinema in 1940, at the age of 16, but returned to film acting in Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1956). During the 1960s he appeared in films for directors Seijun Suzuki and Teruo Ishii before retiring again in 1972. He again returned to the screen in 1995 in Makoto Shinozaki's Okaeri, and appeared in Suzuki's Pistol Opera (2001). He continued appearing in films, and in short comedies by Shinozaki until his death in 2004. He shared the Best Actor award at the French Three Continents Festival with two of his co-stars for Shinozaki's Not Forgotten (2000). By the time of his death, at the age of 80, Aoki had performed in over 300 films.
Filmography
Walking With The Dog
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Deka Matsuri
Pistol Opera
Welcome Home
Man at Park
The Shadow on the Wall
Street person
Blood for Blood
Terasaki
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Greatest Boss of Japan
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
Savage Wolf Pack
The Will to Live
The Reckless One
Shin yūkyōden
Love Eternal
A World For Two
In Tears
Born Under Crossed Stars
Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
Chivalrous Life
The Call of Blood
Barbershop Owner
Intentions of Murder
Neighbor
The Sound of Waves
Employee
The Bride is Fifteen
Fight of the Gamblers
The Incorrigible
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
Youth of the Beast
Terumi Matsui
Modern Children
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Hayasaki
The Young and Bad
Jūdan no arashi
Last Round
Solo Traveler
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Facing to the Clouds
Seinen no isu
Foundry Town
Worker A
A Rampage Full of Dreams
Black Dice
Kimagure tosei
The Rambler Goes North
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
Sampei
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
The Famous Wanderer
Pigs and Battleships
Kyuro
Shōjo
Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
My Hometown is the Wild West
The Rambler Rides Again
Yakuza sensei
Lone Wolf
Miyamoto
The Brawler
The regular tailor
Tokyo Mighty Guy
The Rambler in the Sunset
Jungle Block
Return of the Vagabond
Intimidation
Take Aim at the Police Van
Clerk of Inn
The Guitarist and the Rancher
The Sky Is Mine
The Rambling Guitarist
Yuganda tsuki
Bota-san
Break Down that Wall
Aioi Station policeman A
A Man Explodes
Crazy Jailbreak
Takeuchi
The Perfect Game
Janitor at bank
Nishi Ginza Station
Underworld Beauty
Artisan
Fangs of Night
I Am Waiting
Shibata's henchman
The Eagle and the Hawk
Shin
Temptation
Painter
Jûnana-sai no teikô
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Joshiryōsai
Lunar Eclipse
Frankie the Milkman
The Thick-Walled Room
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Ice Man
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Sailor B
The Burmese Harp
Oyama
Passion and Rifle Bullets
Burden of Love
Red District Businessman
Dancing Girls of Izu
A Japanese Tragedy
Five Siblings
Kokumin no chikai
Children in the Wind
Circus Boy
Forget Love for Now
Kotarô (as Tokkan Kozô)
A Star Athlete
What Did the Lady Forget?
Tomio
The Only Son
Tomibo, Otaka's son
Burden of Life
An Inn in Tokyo
Zenko
Mother's Love Letter
A Hero of Tokyo
Kanichi as a boy
An Innocent Maid
Tomibô
A Story of Floating Weeds
Tomio
Eclipse
Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother
Street Without End
Bellboy
Passing Fancy
Tomio
Apart from You
Shôkiku's younger brother
No Blood Relation
Neighbour's child
The Loyal 47 Ronin
boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
I Was Born, But...
Keiji
The Lady and the Beard
Prefectural Referee (uncredited)
The Tale of Kinuyo
The Luck Which Touched the Leg
First son
Hard Times
Masao
I Flunked, But...
Landlady's Son
Walk Cheerfully
Mr. and Mrs. Swordplay
Kurô, Child
A Straightforward Boy
Tetsubo
The Life of an Office Worker
Third son